angle brace, angletie

Carpentry: A piece of timber affixed to two adjacent sides of a quadrangular frame, so as IMG:content-0533.png:[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-0534.png:[blocks in formation] purplish mark in the centre, and beyond it a white band. The hinder wings are whitish, with a dusky central crescent, and two or three faint transverse-waved dusky lines. The expansion of the wings is nearly two inches. The caterpillar is green, with a row of oblong white spots on the back, and a continuous white line on each side. It feeds on culinary vegetables and various field plants. The moth is common in England, and is found also in Scotland; it is met with most plentifully in April, June, and September, there being apparently three broods in the season. (Jardine: Naturalist's Library , vol. xl., 235, 236.)